Intelligence Synthesis · April 21, 2026
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Congress Handoff: Full Workup (one officialall sections) — 2026-04-21 (William R. Keating)

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Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup) Filed: 2026-04-21T15:52:58.183Z Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress Resolved official: William R. Keating (entity #3610) Ingest result: 26 facts · 25 sources · 1 contradictions · 3 voting_records · 4 skipped

Briefing Sent

Single super-prompt covering every per-official research area in one LLM call: donor mapping, silences, contradictions, telling votes, and constituency baseline. The LLM returns ONE JSON object; the ingest pipeline dispatches each section to its typed table independently, so a malformed or no-data section never blocks the rest.

Result

{
  "target_official": {
    "name": "William R. Keating",
    "bioguide_id": "K000375"
  },
  "donor_mapping": {
    "facts": [
      {
        "fact_text": "For the 2025 calendar year (coverage 01/01/2025 to 12/31/2025), Keating's principal campaign committee reported total receipts of $262,515.39, including $161,415.39 in individual contributions and $101,100.00 from other committees (PACs).",
        "date_occurred": "2025-12-31",
        "confidence": "primary",
        "source_url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H0MA10082/?tab=summary"
      },
      {
        "fact_text": "In the 2023-2024 election cycle, Rep. Bill Keating's campaign raised $677,183 and spent $847,915, with $805,351 cash on hand as of 08/14/2024.",
        "date_occurred": "2024-08-14",
        "confidence": "primary",
        "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary?cycle=2024&id=MA09"
      },
      {
        "fact_text": "Top contributing industries to Keating's campaign (2009-2024): Lawyers/Law Firms ($726,635), Building Trade Unions ($446,000), Real Estate ($381,912), Public Sector Unions ($379,713), Lobbyists ($299,882).",
        "date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
        "confidence": "secondary",
        "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00031933&cycle=CAREER"
      },
      {
        "fact_text": "Quiver Quantitative estimates Representative William R. Keating's net worth at $15.3M as of May 18, 2025, the 62nd highest in Congress.",
        "date_occurred": "2025-05-18",
        "confidence": "secondary",
        "source_url": "https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/net-worth-update-representative-william-r-keating-made-estimated-3952k-stock-market-last"
      },
      {
        "fact_text": "Rep. William Keating serves on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs (Ranking Member, Europe Subcommittee) and the House Committee on Armed Services.",
        "date_occurred": "2025-04-01",
        "confidence": "primary",
        "source_url": "https://keating.house.gov/about/committees-and-caucuses"
      },
      {
        "fact_text": "Keating has made several stock trades via his IRA, including purchases of Amazon, AutoZone, and JPMorgan Chase, tracked by Quiver Quantitative.",
        "date_occurred": "2024-05-17",
        "confidence": "secondary",
        "source_url": "https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/net-worth-update-representative-william-r-keating-made-estimated-3952k-stock-market-last"
      }
    ],
    "connections": [
      {
        "donor_entity_name": "Teamsters Union",
        "relationship_type": "major_donor",
        "description": "2009-2024: $80,250 ($250 individuals, $80,000 PAC)",
        "confidence": "primary",
        "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00031933&cycle=CAREER"
      },
      {
        "donor_entity_name": "Sheet Metal, Air, Rail & Transportation Union",
        "relationship_type": "pac_donor",
        "description": "2009-2024: $80,000 via PAC",
        "confidence": "primary",
        "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00031933&cycle=CAREER"
      },
      {
        "donor_entity_name": "RTX Corp",
        "relationship_type": "major_donor",
        "description": "2009-2024: $74,600 ($3,100 individuals, $71,500 PAC)",
        "confidence": "primary",
        "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00031933&cycle=CAREER"
      },
      {
        "donor_entity_name": "Laborers Union",
        "relationship_type": "pac_donor",
        "description": "2009-2024: $70,000 via PAC",
        "confidence": "primary",
        "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00031933&cycle=CAREER"
      }
    ]
  },
  "silences": {
    "no_data": true,
    "reason": "No primary-source-grade evidence of a falsifiable silence with active-on-adjacent evidence was identified in public records."
  },
  "contradictions": {
    "claims": [
      {
        "claim_text": "Keating signed a letter in January 2024 attacking South Africa for its emergency petition to the International Court of Justice charging Israel with genocide, defending Israel's actions in Gaza.",
        "claim_date": "2024-01-23",
        "claim_type": "statement",
        "source_url": "https://ceasefirenow.substack.com/p/defending-genocide"
      },
      {
        "claim_text": "Keating issued a statement on January 15, 2025, calling the ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas 'a major turning point' and expressing support for a 'long-term redevelopment of the Gaza Strip' and a 'two-state solution.'",
        "claim_date": "2025-01-15",
        "claim_type": "statement",
        "source_url": "https://keating.house.gov/media/press-releases/keating-statement-ceasefire-deal-between-israel-and-hamas"
      }
    ],
    "contradictions": [
      {
        "claim_a_idx": 0,
        "claim_b_idx": 1,
        "type": "statement_vs_statement",
        "severity": "medium",
        "narrative": "Keating's strong defense of Israel's actions in Gaza in January 2024 contrasts with his later call for a ceasefire and two-state solution, indicating a potential shift in rhetoric amid changing public sentiment."
      }
    ]
  },
  "telling_votes": [
    {
      "bill_id": "H.R. 8035",
      "title": "Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024",
      "vote": "yea",
      "vote_date": "2024-04-20",
      "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8035",
      "why_it_matters": "Keating voted for the $60 billion Ukraine aid package and subsequently visited Ukraine to personally deliver the vote tally to President Zelenskyy, underscoring his strong support for Ukraine and his leadership role on the Foreign Affairs Committee.",
      "category": "party_defection"
    },
    {
      "bill_id": "H.R. 4",
      "title": "Budget Resolution (including Medicaid cuts)",
      "vote": "nay",
      "vote_date": "2025-06-12",
      "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/votes/house/119-1/168",
      "why_it_matters": "Keating voted against the Republican budget resolution, which included significant cuts to Medicaid and other social programs, aligning with his Democratic Party affiliation and his stated commitment to protecting essential benefits.",
      "category": "party_defection"
    },
    {
      "bill_id": "S. 331",
      "title": "Legislation on digital assets and blockchain innovation",
      "vote": "yea",
      "vote_date": "2025-06-12",
      "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/votes/house/119-1/166",
      "why_it_matters": "Keating voted for this bipartisan bill, demonstrating pragmatic support for financial innovation legislation.",
      "category": "party_defection"
    }
  ],
  "constituency_baseline": {
    "baseline": {
      "district_summary": "Massachusetts's 9th congressional district, located in eastern Massachusetts, is a safe Democratic seat (Cook PVI D+6) with a population of approximately 788,493. The district is relatively affluent, with a median household income of $100,749 and a low poverty rate of 5.4%. It is predominantly White (83.1%) and well-educated, with 42.6% holding a bachelor's degree or higher. The district is characterized by high homeownership (76.2%) and an older median age (46.8). Key issues include healthcare access, coastal resilience, and economic development.",
      "top_employers": [
        {
          "name": "Commonwealth of Massachusetts",
          "employees": null,
          "source_url": "https://www.mass.gov"
        },
        {
          "name": "Cape Cod Healthcare",
          "employees": null,
          "source_url": "https://www.capecodhealth.org"
        },
        {
          "name": "Southcoast Health System",
          "employees": null,
          "source_url": "https://www.southcoast.org"
        }
      ],
      "dominant_industries": [
        {
          "naics": "62",
          "share": 0.18,
          "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/william-keating-K000375/district"
        },
        {
          "naics": "44-45",
          "share": 0.12,
          "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/william-keating-K000375/district"
        },
        {
          "naics": "72",
          "share": 0.10,
          "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/william-keating-K000375/district"
        }
      ],
      "recent_ballot_measures": [
        {
          "name": "Massachusetts Question 1 (2024): Eliminate MCAS graduation requirement",
          "year": 2024,
          "result": "passed",
          "margin": "Yes: 56.1%, No: 43.9%",
          "source_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/election/2024/results/massachusetts/issue-1"
        }
      ],
      "demographic_anchors": [
        {
          "label": "median household income",
          "value": "$100,749",
          "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/william-keating-K000375/district"
        },
        {
          "label": "poverty rate",
          "value": "5.4%",
          "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/william-keating-K000375/district"
        },
        {
          "label": "unemployment rate",
          "value": "5%",
          "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/william-keating-K000375/district"
        },
        {
          "label": "population",
          "value": "788,493",
          "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/william-keating-K000375/district"
        },
        {
          "label": "homeownership rate",
          "value": "76.2%",
          "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/william-keating-K000375/district"
        },
        {
          "label": "bachelor's degree or higher",
          "value": "42.6%",
          "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/william-keating-K000375/district"
        },
        {
          "label": "median age",
          "value": "46.8",
          "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/william-keating-K000375/district"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
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